“Imagine the client says yes to a seven thousand dollar quote, and then hears nothing for four days.”

Quote marked "won" → kickoff email → onboarding task → alert

Now every yes gets an answer by the next morning.

Mark a quote "won" in the sheet: the client gets an email saying what happens next, a kickoff task opens in the onboarding list, and you get an alert.

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Short answer

Mark a quote "won" in the sheet: the client gets an email saying what happens next, a kickoff task opens in the onboarding list, and you get an alert.

Tools
Make, Google Sheets, Gmail, Telegram
Cost to run
5 Make credits (operations) per run

The problem

The yes arrives, everyone celebrates, and then the client hears nothing for days while the work is scheduled. The silence right after they paid attention to you is where doubt starts. The first email should not wait for a free afternoon.

What happens when it runs

  1. Every morning: search the quotes sheet for status "won"
  2. For each: a short kickoff email to the client with the next three steps
  3. A "kickoff call" task in the onboarding list, due in two days
  4. The quote moves to "won - kicked off", so the email never goes twice, and a Telegram message tells you who to call

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Before you start

Three things to have ready before importing, or Make will ask and you will have to leave halfway:

  • The quotes spreadsheet id (the same sheet as the quote follow-ups)
  • Quotes columns A–E: client, email, amount, sent_date, status
  • The onboarding spreadsheet id and tab, columns A–F: date, name, email, task, due, status
  • Your name for the signature
  • Chat ID

Sheet templates

The file maps columns by position. Start from exactly these headers, in this order — a column in the wrong place writes a phone number into the email column.

  • Quotes sheet · client | email | amount | sent_date | status (Sent with the blueprint by email)
  • Onboarding list · date | name | email | task | due | status (Sent with the blueprint by email)

How to import (2 minutes)

  1. In Make: Scenarios → Create a new scenario
  2. At the bottom, the three dots (⋯) → Import Blueprint → choose the file you downloaded
  3. Click every module with an exclamation mark: choose your connection (Google, Telegram) — Make creates one in a click if you have none
  4. Replace every value in double curly braces ({{…}}) with your own from the list above
  5. Run once with a test row in the sheet. Only when it passes — Schedule and ON

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What does not work in it

  • It starts from a status you type. Write "won" exactly, in lower case and without a trailing space, or the search does not find the row.
  • It runs once a day, so a quote marked "won" in the afternoon gets its email the next morning. Run it hourly if that matters: about 744 searches a month instead of 31.
  • It opens one task, the kickoff call. The rest of the onboarding list is yours to add, with an owner for each task.

Questions

What does not work in "Quote marked "won" → kickoff email → onboarding task → alert"?

It starts from a status you type. Write "won" exactly, in lower case and without a trailing space, or the search does not find the row. It runs once a day, so a quote marked "won" in the afternoon gets its email the next morning. Run it hourly if that matters: about 744 searches a month instead of 31. It opens one task, the kickoff call. The rest of the onboarding list is yours to add, with an owner for each task.

What do I have to fill in after importing the blueprint?

The quotes spreadsheet id (the same sheet as the quote follow-ups); Quotes columns A–E: client, email, amount, sent_date, status; The onboarding spreadsheet id and tab, columns A–F: date, name, email, task, due, status; Your name for the signature; Chat ID.

Which tools does it use, and what does a run cost?

Make, Google Sheets, Gmail, Telegram. Each run uses 5 Make credits (operations).

Is the blueprint free?

Yes. The ready-to-import file is sent free to the email address you enter; the newsletter is a separate box you can leave unticked. The full build is on this page without any email. The file contains no connections and none of our ids, and works whether or not you use the paid Make link on the page.

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